👋 Sophie Donelson here. I’m an author, speaker, and expert in home design & decorating. My latest book, Uncommon Kitchens is about imaginative, outside-the-box kitchen design. (There’s nothing out there like it, they say!) “Loose, livable advice for the interior-obsessed… very fresh!” says someone named Lindsay on GoodReads. Plus, 4.5 of 5 Amazon reviewers loved it, and they’re a difficult crowd. Worth buying, no?
Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling.
Alongside writing books, I also present talks and host panels at industry and consumer events such as the Future of Home conference, the National Kitchen and Bath show, and the Luxury Connect real estate summit. I write articles and contribute ideas to the Wall Street Journal, Business of Home, FREDERIC, Elle Decoration, Veranda, House Beautiful, BHG and others. I create A+ content for Vrbo, Ann Sacks, DesignShop, and Circa Lighting, and Hudson’s Bay (RIP!) and I’m the lead expert on the TV show Design Defined on Magnolia Network. I also Instagram a bit, too: @SophieDow.
A thread runs through it — inspiring us all to think creatively and spend wisely on our most life-defining experience: home.
Previously, I served as editor in chief of House Beautiful, America’s longest-published home decor magazine, where I inspired a new generation of design lovers to embrace color and happiness at home… wrote bestseller Style Secrets: What Every Room Needs (Abrams, 2017)…. appeared as an on-air design expert on The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Open House New York… led creative and brand direction for digital media and retail startups including C. Wonder, Rockets of Awesome, Curbed, and Business of Home… defined emerging trends and design talent as an editor at Elle Decor, Cottages & Gardens, Martha Stewart’s Blueprint, and as a writer for WSJ, New York, Elle and others.